Bibliography for An Illustrated Guide to Income in the United States

There are many surveys on salaries, top-earning celebrities, CEOs of public companies, and hedge fund managers, but when it comes to data covering all income in the United States, there are four main sources: the US Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Internal Revenue Service.

Hungerford, Thomas L. “Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945.” Congressional Research Service, Report no. R42729. September 12, 2012. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42729.pdf.

Spending

Dolfman, Michael L., and Denis M. McSweeney. “100 Years of U.S. Consumer Spending: Data for the Nation, New York City, and Boston.” Report no. 991, US Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/opub/uscs/.